Scottish Socialist Party

Voices for Yes: politicians, trade unionists, comedians, even Faslane nuclear base-workers speak up for independence

August 1, 2014

Faslane worker on Yes by Chris, a Faslane worker As a socialist, I have nothing to vote for when it comes to a general election. The choice is Tory or Labour, a Labour Party ...

‘To vote Yes is to play our part in the global struggle of working people. Just as in the UCS, our victory will be their victory’

August 1, 2014

by Tam Brotherston, UCS veteran and former John Brown’s shop steward Before presenting my point of view as a veteran of the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders struggle let me make ...

Think big and vote Yes!

August 1, 2014

by Colin Fox, SSP co-spokesperson With six weeks to go until the referendum the Yes side still has it all to do. The opinion polls suggest the gap between the two sides has ...

Why Scotland must vote Yes – the case for women

August 1, 2014

by Pam Currie “Oh, I don’t know what to think…” … “What if…” … “We’ll never manage it…” Sound familiar? It does to me. In recent months ...

Oppose the nuclear waste sea move plan

August 1, 2014

by John Finnie MSP In 2006 George Monbiot wrote a fascinating article on Dounreay, the Nuclear Power Plant near Thurso in Caithness. He states, “In 1954 the nuclear ...

21st century Britain is glaringly unjust and getting worse

August 1, 2014

by Jonathon Shafi The UK is now so far down the path of privatisation and austerity, that deviating from it will take a movement on the scale of the Chartists to turn back ...

It’s people’s power versus London elites in indy battle

July 5, 2014

by Ken Ferguson, editor, Scottish Socialist Voice Despite the two year long negative scare campaign run by the unionists in Better Together, as we pass midsummer and close on ...

Scottish Labour is now a shadow of its former self

July 5, 2014

by John McAllion, Scottish Socialist Party, former Labour MP and MSP The burden of delivering a No majority against independence was always going to fall on the shoulders of ...

Mind the midges, mind your language, mind your feet

July 5, 2014

by John Finnie, Independent MSP for the Highlands and Islands Regardless of location, whether our densely populated urban areas or the ultimate ‘low density’ housing of ...

Economic and social realities at heart of referendum debate

July 5, 2014

by Colin Fox, Scottish Socialist Party co-spokesperon No other country in the world is so exercised by such an imminent and far-reaching political decision as Scotland today. ...